Saying Final Goodbyes To Two In Same Number Of Weeks

Death is part of being alive. The only questions that haunts the living is how and when. 

I never expected to have to deal with the emotions of saying goodbye to two relations in quick successions. The emotional challenge was one left too young for his age, the other was one passed on due to old age. 

The one that passed too early is a relation by marriage. When you marry someone, the family of your significant other becomes your family too. Their lost is your lost. 

The other, a close blood relation, lived a ripe old age, with only the suffering towards the end made death the permanent release from the pain. 

When a love one is gone, you cry because you know you going to miss him or her. He or she will no longer be physically around. All you have left are memories that you hope will stay alive forever. Not just in this generation but the next generation and the next. 

Sometimes death come unexpectedly and these usually are the ones that hurt the living the most. The young one that we recently mourn for was having the adventure of his life. He was exploring the great outdoors when tragedy struck.

Maybe the death could have been avoided if he had listened to his family to come back early. Or, if he had listened to his friends advising him not to go on the hike because of the bad weather. 

You can't turn back the clock and all you can say is goodbye. At least he wasn't lost in the woods and his remains could be brought back home for his family to say their final goodbyes. 

He is at rest now, a place by nature where he longed and loved to be. 

On the other hand, death because of old age is something you can prepare for. We were warned of her lung cancer and at her age, treatment would only prolong the pain, the suffering.

The best you can do is make your last visits while they breath. Sometimes, they may not recognise you but at least you were there. 

Say goodbye when you can so you won't regret it when you can't.